On September 14, 2016, Premier Li Keqiang sent a message to Karen Karapetyan, congratulating him on his election as Prime Minister of Armenia.

Li Keqiang expressed in the congratulatory message that in recent years, China-Armenia friendly cooperation enjoys positive development momentum. China is satisfied with the close high-level exchanges between the two countries, constantly enhanced political mutual trust as well as increasingly deepened practical cooperation in various areas. I highly value the development of bilateral relations, and I am willing to maintain close contact with you, so as to jointly push forward the constant development of bilateral friendly cooperative relationship and bring benefit to the two countries as well as their peoples.